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Post by Tillian Panthesis on Mar 16, 2011 14:56:59 GMT 1
Appologies for the lateness in the 100 words thing but here it is.
9th of March, 2011
Shit… Things had hit the ceiling fan this time.
Everyone left the house today. Vicky is gone to uni and the rest of the family decided to head downtown for some reason. Normally, that means fun times for us but…
My older sibling, Tiny Shepard, had the bright idea of reaching towards the desk, by biotically charging at the glass drink that contains tea with honey and lemon. As expected, glass shards and tea is spilt all over the floor.
Someone has to clean it up and it’s not me. That honey substance can be hazardous to a doll’s health.
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10th of March, 2011
“Two Shepards? This is…”
“Wierd, I know.” I quickly finished Woody’s sentence.
“But… how did you feel about this with the other Shepard.”
“Like a sister… a really bubbly sister who seem to charge into things in a speed of light.”
“No, I mean… how do you feel about having a double in the same house? You seem calm about it.”
“Well, think of this way. It’s like a big family. So we’re cool about having another Shepard as long their name is not John or Jane.”
“And why is that?”
“Oh boy... you don’t want to know. Really.”
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11th of March, 2011
Another quiet weekend…
Not.
Tiny has done it again. She yanked Bella’s hair, which resulted her curly hair being messed up. Every doll including Barbie, knows that once you messed up your hairdo, it’s screwed up for good. And Bella loves her curls, that vain bitch.
How did this cat fight started? While Tiny was looking at the Garrus Vakarian action figure when Bella starts talking how beautiful he is with his sparkly shiny plating with tacky prose, before proclaiming him as her true love.
Then the rest is history.
So… Garrus has reach, but not for an 16 inch doll.
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13th of March, 2011
The family left the house, this time to the Shopping mall.
I’m a little surprised she didn’t bring one of us along. Damn it. Guess we had to find some way to amuse ourselves…
Wait… they are back and at the front gate. Everyone! Back to your positions! Go, go, go!
And what is that giant box she’s carrying?
She’s opening it and it’s… another toy. And it’s a… dragon? A plushie too.
Well, he looks harmless. I’m pretty sure he’s not from Dragon Age and thankfully he’s not. We already had some problems dealing with Brandon the apostate mage.
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14th of March, 2011
I haven’t played the Dragon Age 2 game yet, because Vicky didn’t bother with it. It’s kind of strange at first, since she always tries to get a BioWare game as soon it hits the shelves. So I had to resort looking at the internet, checking out the game.
I’m not going to say anything about the game for now. However, that mage Anders reminded me of Brandon, except… he’s a complete opposite to him. You see, Brandon is full of life, doesn’t seem to whine that much and loves metal. And we wouldn’t have in any other way, thankfully.
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15th of March, 2011
Tiny is down today, so I’ve decided to hang out with her, just to see what’s wrong with her and this happened.
“What’s the matter, Tiny?” I’ve asked.
“It’s Garrus. I heard he was released into the shops a month ago… is Vicky going to buy it?”
“I’m sure she will, eventually.”
“Eventually? You mean like forever?” Tiny gave out a small sigh.
“Don’t think like that. I know she’ll get it soon. He’ll be at the front steps before you know it.”
“I hope so… I missed his company.”
“So am I.”
We then both sighed melancholy in unison.
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16th of March, 2011
“Why?” Brandon bellowed loudly.
He just read some of the stuff about Dragon Age 2 and he’s not happy with the mages in the game.
“Andraste’s knickers in a knot! Who are these idiots think they are? Children with fireballs? These idiots are the reason why mages look like punks to everyone’s eyes. Almost all of them dabbled with blood magic like there’s…”
Then I’ve knocked him out with a wacom pen.
Nerjuna gave me a dirty look.
Well, don’t look at me like that. You’re a priest. Toss him some heals, he’ll feel better afterwards. I'm sure he's fine.
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Post by Tillian Panthesis on Mar 17, 2011 9:59:54 GMT 1
17th of march, 2011
“Calm down Brandon. Everything is going to be fine.” I said.
“Fine?” Brandon yelled. He continued, “But Dragon Age 2 is rampant with blood mages and I hate blood mages! Not only they give us a bad name, but they also suck my blood out when they see me. Did you know my head cost like 10 sovereigns?”
Then Nerjuna gently assured him, “It will be alright. No blood mages can hurt you while I'm here.”
“But you're a priest!”
“A Shadow Spec Priest.” Nerjuna corrected him.
… Remind me not to piss her off.
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Post by Tillian Panthesis on Mar 18, 2011 3:40:00 GMT 1
Now it's my turn to be self conscious about the whole thing. I'm so ronely about doing the 100 words thing. Where's everybody?
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18th of March, 2011 Thank god that Brandon calmed himself down with the whole mage shenanigan in Dragon Age 2. Instead, he went back to his usual rocker self. At the moment, he's being trying to persuade Nerjuna into singing a couple songs that are metal based.
I know. Nerjuna is actually Belle from the Disney Princess series. And why is her name Nerjuna? Short version, Nerjuna is her true name. She just remembered her days in Warcraft.
Anyways, how is exactly going to...
My god! What a masterpiece! It sounded like Beauty and the Beast meet Apocalyptica...
Wait. That's Nightwish. Still, it's brilliant.
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Post by Mister Buch on Mar 18, 2011 17:42:18 GMT 1
It does suck, writing this on your own, for sure. But you're more than halfway in, now, so you have to finish!
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Post by Tillian Panthesis on Mar 20, 2011 12:29:05 GMT 1
19th of March, 2011 While most of us in the room didn't seem to be torn about no Dragon Age 2 in Vicky's library, Flora was not happy about it. She was looking forward to it.
“She complained about the lack of cash, yet she brought Pokemon!” Flora growled.
“Pokemon is cheaper than Dragon Age 2,” Nerjuna explained.
“For $30 cheaper? She might as well save that money a little longer. It's a BioWare game! Why she's willing to give this one a miss?”
“Why don't you look up in the Metacritic site.”
… I smell trouble. Flame barrier up.
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20th of March, 2011 Oh Nerjuna. What have you done? You shouldn't have pointed her the Metacritic site and now we're dealing with Flora the angry barbie doll.
“Dragon Age 2 is a good game! Most of the critics are giving it 9/10!” Flora yelled.
“Yet the fanbase overall are giving it a 4/10. And I haven't even started about bribery.” Nerjuna countered
“And those fanbrats probably bitching without playing the game first! I bet you're one of them.”
“You're accusing me?”
“If the shoe fits.”
Then Nerjuna's body faded into Shadowform.
I'm calling all toys now. It's serious.
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Post by lieden on Mar 21, 2011 12:57:27 GMT 1
Hang on in there! I'm also still in! Only... ten.. entries late. Totally jumbled writing order: 04/03Days pass quickly on the road. Somewhere at the back of my mind there's an image trying to describe this, an image of birds flying overhead, one white, one black, white, black again. I must had read it in a story once, but I forget which, or whether it was a story, or myth, or if the image formed in my own mind from the pieces and fragments it collects. I could stay on the road for ever. Back in the safe house, there was just an endless shuffling across the first floor, never beyond. Out here I'm devouring miles one after the other, and I'm hungry for even more. 05/03'Of what do I speak?' The answers are entirely predictable, of course; they're already scripted, so the riddle poses no real challenge. The only thing that might give you pause is a matter of attention. In the game, time is of no consequence. But in the real world, clocks are ticking, bleeping. You're faintly aware of this and so you begin to click and skim through conversations you think you can tell where they're going. But when the riddle is spoken, and you are trying to answer it, you realise that you have already forgotten most of it. That is also predicted, as shown in the list of your possible answers: 'Could you go through that again?' 06/03Chloe toyed with her glass precariously. 'I've run into such things before. Even before the nasty business with M.G. I know how these people work. 'You do? You were having some trouble with those thugs, as I recall.' 'Trouble is always expected. I supposed I gambled a bit. An idealistic rush. Anyway. What I wanted to say is -- I see the same thuggish attitude in larger scale. In places where it shouldn't be. You know what you am talking about, don't you? And it's spreading. People are feeling entitled to violence and threats, in the name of justice but hardly ever heeding it.' 11/03It is hard to blame the woman. She never had a chance to be different, because she was never taught otherwise. Disagreement was not a matter to be taken lightly. To disagree was to rouse anger, even hatred. So she learned to silence her dissent. Later, when she had power of her own, disagreement still had the same meaning. She would strike it down with the same hatred she had met before. In many ways, she is to be pitied, but she is far too dangerous for pity. Because that, too, she will use as a weapon against you. 12/03'Is it hard work, catching a fish?' 'In the air? You bet it is. Bastards float by all slow-like, and just when you're about to grab them, they slink away and give you the laugh. Didn't you hear about that boy who chased one to his death? Fell down the roof of a five-story building he did. Nasty business.' 'They say fish lived in the sea once. Back when there still were seas. And when the seas dried up, instead of dying, saving grace made it so that they took to the sky.' 'Man, the things they fill your head with...' 13/03'Where is God?' I had asked my father once. He had looked at me with that look of his, where you weren't sure if he was in jest or serious, and knew that he was probably both. 'Here,' he said, touching his fingers to his temple. 'And here,' he brought his hand over his heart. I was old enough to remember. They hunted him down as one of the godless, and he would burn at the stake where it not for a merciful arrow shot straight into his heart. Some day, I too may have a son. 'Be kind to the people that have God in their hearts,' I'll tell him. 'And be wary of those that have him stuck in their heads.' 15/03Now, about Sir Kyle. I have a list of personal assessments gathered over the course of the past two years. Each one is completely different from the rest. You would think they weren't even written about the same person! So what it boils down to is, either we're talking about different people operating under the same name -- which is an entirely stupid notion -- or he is an unscrupulous turncoat, or he is extremely deft in moving around and exerting influence, and has an agenda of his own that none of these people has been able to figure out. I am afraid I must count myself among them. 20/03It is the deep of the night, but the sky is alight. The sands glow red underneath it. Up in the air, an angel is born. He rises and stretches his wings, but his life is short; he begins to disintegrate. His blazing pieces fall on the earth. I find myself wading through them. They said angels are made of fire, but these pieces are human; half a man lies ahead of me, his lungs bare and covered with dust. I think they move, as if trying to breathe. I swoon and the night becomes night again, saturated with blood and hate and despair.
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Post by Tillian Panthesis on Mar 21, 2011 13:32:17 GMT 1
Glad you're here Lieden. I was wondering happened to you in the last few days. Hope you're fine.
21st of March, 2011 Poor Brandon. He was terribly injured while he was putting an end to a fight between Nerjuna and Flora. He's suffering from the after effects of burns, frostbites, headaches and an increase of bad luck. Stuff like that happens while you're under “Shadow Word: Black Monday”.
Well, since he looked terrible, we had to hide him in the storage room from other humans, while we're trying to heal him. Nerjuna was casting healing light spells, while Flora was summoning the healing spirit to assist them.
I hope it works, because he's barely hanging onto his life. His toy life.
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Post by lieden on Mar 22, 2011 8:06:48 GMT 1
What happened to me? Massive writing block (as in, did someone whack me in the head without me noticing?), then Dragon Age: Origins, painting, arranging stuff for publications (yay!), and all that on top of some very busy weeks at work. There you have it! I just read all your entries that I've missed, and I'm enjoying them quite a bit (in particular the DA2 ranting XD). They're fun!
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Post by Mister Buch on Mar 22, 2011 18:45:43 GMT 1
Nice work, Lieden. Espescially the angel one. At first it seems a bit melodramatic, I changed my mind. The imagery is very strange and creepy. It's good to surround that with a thick atmosphere like this.
Glad to see you lot returning to the 100 words!
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Post by MarianneClaus on Mar 23, 2011 19:21:47 GMT 1
Ack! I've been gone so long.
My computer got hit with an evil malware program of doom and I couldn't do ANYTHING. I finally just got it fixed but I'm way behind on 100 words. "sigh"
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Post by Mister Buch on Mar 24, 2011 4:53:31 GMT 1
It's good to have you back, regardless.
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Post by lieden on Mar 24, 2011 9:23:05 GMT 1
A-ha! So the whole team is back. Well, I'm still behind. 15h long workdays and upcoming projects have swamped me. But I'm not giving up! Buch, that bit was inspired by the C-130 Hercules' 'Angel Flares' (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C-130_Hercules#Operational_history ). And Libya. I had seen some extremely disturbing pictures earlier this month when the crackdown began. You may be right about it being a bit melodramatic, though. I've a tendency for that. Btw, thanks a bunch for all your support to us with this little project! For my part, I don't mind it at all if you have any criticism to offer as well. I like your writing and value your opinion.
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Post by Mister Buch on Mar 25, 2011 0:41:19 GMT 1
Maaaaaybe melodramatic. It was certainly justified, I did like it!
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Post by Tillian Panthesis on Mar 26, 2011 12:47:17 GMT 1
Sorry. Better late than never and glad to hear the gang is back! ------------------ 22nd of March, 2011.Brandon seem to be alright now, but then there's the problem with the ongoing heated debate with Dragon Age 2. I had no choice but I have to step down to stop this ridiculous argument. Seriously, what's with this BioWare game? And what is that? Some girly mage bastard on screen and... ugh. That's horrible! Get it off! Get it off! My god, Twilight in our BioWare game? More likely than anyone would think! Who the hell wrote Anders' character? I don't know what they are thinking, but I rather punch the lights out of this Anders guy than date him. --- 23th of March, 2011I could hear Brandon groaning in dread at a distance. I don't blame him after hearing rumours on how desperate Anders wanted to jump onto someone's 'bones' or hacking a 'maiden's meat'. So basically it's like Edward Cullen who is a whiner and managed to beat Kelly Chamber's recording at trying to thrust at something that moves. I wouldn't be too surprised that there's bite marks at the neck after a hot steamy sparkly session with him. Thinking about it, getting scratch marks after a 'sparing' session with a turian seems much more romantic than spending a night with Anders. --- 24th of March, 2011So... no Anders toy? Good, good, good. I better have my Garrus doll first before Anders starts thinking about materialising into the Toy World. At least Garrus could shoot him at a 100 yards, if Anders was even thinking about biting touching me. Speaking of other toys, we're looking for Bo on eBay. No luck so far, but we're not going to give up, especially for Woody. He's like my uncle, who showed me how to do the usual Cowboy Cop techniques, in the paragon way. So I'll be trying my best to find her. Is she here. No? Damnit! --- 25th of March, 2011.Vicky is still asleep. Guess now it's a good time to check her progress in Pokemon Black. Let see... She got all the badges, finished the campaign and wow! What is this? A legendary dragon that is named after me? Aww... how sweet. Well almost. I'm pretty sure that I don't have a fiery turbo jet on my back side like this dragon, nor I can shoot Dragon Pulse lasers from my eyes. Still, that was pretty sweet of her. Seems like she's been playing hard with this game lately. Guess there are some things people didn't outgrew after all. --- 26th of March, 2011.Seem like Nerjuna and Flora managed to shut up about Dragon Age 2, as they agree on one thing. They hate Anders with a passion. “That's the guy I supposed to be romancing with?” Flora asked in terror. Nerjuna nodded in sombre, “Unfortunately, yes.” “Where's my Thane or Garrus expy options? I rather romance Kaidan than this wuss!” “Are you sure? In Mass Effect 2, he storms you away like a girl on Horizon.” “At least I don't have to tolerate him as much as Anders! Also, I'm calling the shotgun on Thane!” “Amen”
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Post by Mr. Glow on Mar 26, 2011 13:17:29 GMT 1
Leave Anders alone! Waugh!
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