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Day 20:
We have stumbled across Methlas Lake! We were following this river for days on end, and finally came across this great big lake with a smelly swamp at the north end. Naturally, Kam sugested we avoid that area (Like I'd want to see it anyway)
There seems to be an island in the middle of the lake with some kind of keep on it. Looks a bit... derelict and run down, but Kam reckons we should try and go in. Fine with me, 's'not like I've got anything to do anyway.
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There was someone in the keep. Says his name is Verrain, and I asked if there was anyone else in the keep and he said he's been living by himself most of his life. Kam said to me that she thinks Verrain is around Dakar's age, (aprox. 600 years). I told Verrain later that an old pervert like him would not gain anything by harrassing stick figures. He laughed. I would have thought he'd protest or do something pathetic (i.e. deny it), but he only laughed.
Bweeeee~!!!!!! Cats! CATS! Verrain likes CATS and he's got a whole heap of them in the castle!!!!!! I've changed my mind about him, he obviously is a man of good taste (molesting stick figures is BAD taste) and we should be quite safe with him.
Picture: Kamra safely hidden in Kam's bag. People around here reckon burning witches is good taste.
Day 22:
Verrain says he is a spellbinder. Although he did not like of any of our stuff, he said we look too outlandish. Actually, he said something else, but me and Kam have no idea what it means or how to spell it so I'm translating it as "outlandish." Verrain said Sethvir would not approve either, and Kam said Sethvir was too much of a sweetie to do anything about it. (Verrain laughed - he laughs alot) I feel strangely out of place.
We showed him the Kamra, but he said to put it away. I think he was a bit frightened by the flash, he asked Kam if she had to ask permission of the air to do that. Kam said in "her" world people took want they wanted of the earth without asking. He took this as a grave offense until Kam told him that people always drew back what they took, so it was alright. I don't think he understood that.
Verrain told me that he had been in contact with the Fellowship. I asked "So?" and he said they wanted to see us, the "strange kids from the never-to-be future and the far distant past." (yeah, I don't get it either) Kam asked him if we were going to have to travel to Althain Tower and Verrain said that we'd go by the Lanes since it's quicker. I asked Kam if he meant that brand of biscuit, but she hit me over the head for being stupid (I suppose not then.)
Other good news, cats are very friendly and Keep has small area of flatness that one can rollerblade on, cobbles make a bit of a bumpy ride, but it's still alright. Kam asked Verrain if he wanted to rollerblade but he said those shoes where way too small for his feet.
Picture: "This was that pratice one we did for Verrain, it's blurred but we only wanted to show him how the Kamra worked. It's a wall."
Day 25:
Leaving Meth Isle Keep today. Verrain has some kind of magic circle in his basement: REAL MAGIC! NIFTY!!!!
We're both abit upset about leaving Verrain by himself, but he says he's used to it. Such a nice fellow, pity he's all alone. Ah well, he has the cats to keep him company.
Verrain says we're quite the handful, two girls even though we're stick figures. He says he's never talked so much and we've only been here four days! I think it's good that he gets to use his voice for something other than scolding cats and poisonious mutants.
I'm going to see some real socerery at work! Lights, runes, mystical mists - "Beam us up, Scotty."
Bye bye, Verrain!
Picture: Even though we're leaving, Verrain says it's best for us not to take out the Kamra. Kam is such a goody goody...
Finally finished WoLaS!!!!!! Kelewan next. I can't believe I had to do WoLaS in three bits.
Damn, Rushton has short hair. How short do you mean by short? Can you compare it to someone else other than Tama? I don't know how long is Tama's hair. (If it's short like Vash then you can do his character design; I have this thing about really short hair.)
Can't wear overalls? How about jeans, then? Baggy trousers? :)
Going to SLEEP~!
~Kam
Howling at the moon on Sunday, May 5, 2002 [12:03 a.m.]
Day 13:
Nothing much to do aboard ship.
Am kept entertained by watching Kam harass Arithon. "Tell me what happened after you went through Davien's tunnel, and then? And then? And then?" I think she's still upset about those books we dropped in the ocean.
At night Arithon sings, sometimes. He has a nice voice and you'd be amazed at the range! Dakar says Arithon can do nasty stuff with his voice, but I don't see what (apart from blowing your eardrums by going too high).
Kam wanted to climb the mast but Arithon said that he'd never forgive himself if she fell (he uses this excuse alot, Kam always gives up if it threatens his unstable angst levels), Kam replied that she wasn't afraid of heights. Although I seem to remember one time when we went up Center Point Tower, Kam got dizzy because she looked down out of the window and may have fallen except the glass got in the way. Either way, Arithon won.
Pictures: We sneaked Kamra out a few times when Arithon wasn't watching. "I get sea sick, right? You shut up and leave me alone"
Day 15:
Hoorah! Alestron in sight! It's a pretty big port town and there's a fortress like castle thing. Arithon says that's where the s'Brydion brothers live but we shouldn't invite trouble by seeing them. Kam thinks we won't be able to get in anyway, but secretly I reckon there's always a way.
Dakar seems very interested in our gear - rollerblades, school books, glasses, Kam's doraemon like bag, my CD player etc. He says he thinks they're some sort of forbidden evil the Fellowship has sworn to protect Athera from. Pfht. Dakar has such a wierd imagination.
Pictures: "Dakar took this, when we showed him the Kamra he glared at us suspiciously. Me and Kam with Arithon looking very uncomfortable."
Day 15 cont.:
Arithon's ship sailed off again, he said he shouldn't stay on land for too long. Kam told him that if she met Elaira she'd be sure to give her his message. (I didn't hear about any message but Kam wouldn't tell me and Arithon ran off when I asked.) Am kind of sad to see Dakar go, after 5 days together, I feel that we have a odd sort of friendship. After all, Dakar was the only other one who suffered from sea sickness.
We're in the market place right now. Kam is wandering around looking at everything. There's nothing much around here, but Arithon gave us money to buy food with (yummy!!!!!) and Kam's trying to decide what'll last longest. Kam has given me a lump of dwarf bread to protect myself with. Amazing stuff, dwarf bread. Arithon couldn't even cut it with his sword! Kam gave him a loaf as well, she said he could always hit Lysaer over the head with it, or eat it if he wanted to commit suicide. I hope she was joking on that last one.
Kam is right, Alestron fortress is absolutely impossible to enter. Those guards threw us out when we tried to walk through the front gate. They picked us up and tossed us out! I call that racist! Just because I'm a stick figure!!! Kam says that Mearn is an ass anyway, and I shouldn't bother looking for him. I whacked her over the head because I was most like Mearn in that character quizzlet thing Kam gave me. And she knows it.
Maybe we'll go south.
Pictures: Arithon said it would be a good idea to keep the Kamra hidden, people nowadays aren't very friendly about mysterious black objects being flashed in their faces. Kam says we could get burned as witches. (Always wanted to know what it felt like)
I'm going out, so I haven't time to finsh this, sorry! I haven't proof read it either so there's spelling mistakes and wotnot.
Will reply when return, although probably very late.
~Kam
Howling at the moon on Saturday, May 4, 2002 [03:47 p.m.]
Hahaha~~!! (tries to contain laughter but only succedes in grinning like an idiot). *prods faited Kam. Ari looks on in background with a look of bemused worrying...
Um, OC is like medi-evil-ish... I don't know if they have overals. He has short hair, although in the 4th book it's longer... (I always imagined it as being Tama's original length for some reason, tho I don't think it actually grew that long). Fuu~~ need sleep... need to look over WoT map to see where to go... thinking of landing on a Portal stone and getting knocked out, thus waking up in a more conveniant place. If Rand can do it why can't I?
~Kimi
Howling at the moon on Friday, May 3, 2002 [11:07 p.m.]
Taking a much needed break. I'm going to shower and then sleep...
Finish WoLaS, Kelewan (Arakasi!), WoT, and then OC - (What length is Rushton's hair?)
~Kam
Howling at the moon on Friday, May 3, 2002 [10:38 p.m.]
Never am I listening to Kam again. "Touch this rune here" she says, as if she knows what she's doing!
Pillar seemed to have teleported us away to some place..... underwater. Stupid books were weighing me down, so had to drop all of them before even having chance to read any! Am very thankful for attending swim school last year, but then remembered that Kam didn't.
Silly biddy. Made her drop all her books, (she dug her fingernails into the cover of the last WoLaS book - obviously did not wish to let go) so she floated a bit more, and pulled upwards towards air. Made it just in time, any longer and would have had to breath in H20. Kam is unconscious, does not have very large lung capacity.
Good thing Kamra has strap, so still around Kam's neck.
When reached air discovered ship right next to spot where we were drowning, and some twit was standing there on board watching but he called for someone to get a rope to pull us up.
Kam coughed water on deck and dripped water very pathetically all over the place, suppose I did not look much better. Took this time, while twit was busy watching Kam gag, to study him. Very familar he is. Green eyes and black hair, looks arrogant.
Man: What is your friend doing to my deck?
Throwing up, duh.
Me: Erm. She's hydrophobic.
And there was this shift in character, from snobby bastard to worried parent.
Man: Is she alright? Does she need anything? Some herbs? A bed?
Me: Food would be nice, as long as it's not dwarf bread.
Man: ?
So we have a room now and food~! Well. I have food. Kam fainted again after she coughed up her breakfast (water). I hope she's alright.
Pictures: I nearly drowned, you can't expect me to be taking photos 24-7!!! Some tomorrow, I promise.
Day 11:
Kam finally woke up because her stomach called for food. I gave her some dog-like biscuits and lemon juice, but after a three day fast this tastes like heaven. Kam agrees.
Went outside cabin. Sun very bright, feel like a mole. Kam asked me where were we and I told her about yesterday. I made her apologise. *smug grin*
Asked Kam if Twit looked familar. She stared at him.
Kam: Excuse me, what is your name?
Man: You may call me Arithon.
Kam: *faint*
Man: ?
Me: Erm. She's light-headed.
Suddenly remembered that the Arithon in WoLaS that Kam gets washy (and annoyed) about also has black hair and green eyes. Am greatly amused. Wonder what Arithon would think if I told him he has his own little fan group back where I live.
Pictures: "Floorboard" "Cloud" "Kam annoyed at me for taking pictures of pointless objects" "Arithon looking surprised when Kam stuck Kamra in his face and pressed the button, only to remember she didn't turn off the flash" "Arithon asking me if he was supposed to have an afterglow effect on his vision" "Me shaking my head" "Me being whacked over the head with dwarf bread"
Day 11 cont.:
Arithon told Kam not to do that again, and she laughed at him. Good for her.
Meet rest of the crew including Dakar. Kam told me she likes him in a vague sort of way. Kam said it was because he saw the Error of His Ways and repented. Told Dakar this and he said: "@#$!$@*&^%! Knew I shouldn't have hugged him." Dakar says he only goes for girls and I pointed out that there was a lack of them on this ship. Dakar did not reply. I think CLAMP is getting to my brain.
Arithon says he's going to drop us off at Alestron, and we can find our own way from there, even though he says he feels a little guilty about letting two girls wander by themselves. Kam told him not to encourage his angst, ("You'll only develop an addiction") and that we'd be fine. After all, we have what no one else has on this continent: dwarf bread. Besides, we get to see Mearn.
Pictures: Arithon banned all use of the Kamra on board His ship. He says it hurts his eyes.
Too long, I'm cutting this one in half.
Going out, we don't need one going in.
Not just two kids with rollerblades, two stick figure kids with rollerblades. And backpacks.
Well, too bad, you don't like sleeping on snakes.
Hmm..... can Rushton wear overalls? :D
~Kam
Howling at the moon on Friday, May 3, 2002 [10:19 p.m.]
Gateways going in or going out? (or both...) If we manage to hook up with an Aes Sedai it would be good... although I don't think any are going to help two kids with rollerblades. Gee, this place reminds me too eerily of the Ways... and did I mention I like snakes?
OC sounds good :nod:... it's the one thing we can collaborate on too.
I'll see what I have in my image stock-pile for Autumn... or I could just edit the WP when I'm finished to make it more bright and orangy (add some maple leaves here and there~~)
~Kimi
Howling at the moon on Friday, May 3, 2002 [09:55 p.m.]
Day 9:
Finally have seen end of shelves. (I never want to see another book again, on plus side I now have in my bag all of WoT and Obernewtyn and Kam is bent double with the weight of WoLaS)
Kam is worried because this place doesn't feel like Discworld anymore. I can't tell the difference, but I'm taking Kam's word for it. We seem to be in a garden of some sort. Kam thought that maybe we should turn around and walk back (No~!) but there was only thick shrubbery where we came from.
Am confused, since when did people (or orangutans) start building great big nature reserves in middle of libraries? But this place is too quiet to be a nature reserve, there's no birds around here....
Kam says she has a bad feeling about this, and I do too. Although that could just be my stomach cramping up in hunger.
Dwarf bread starting to look edible.
Pictures: Only trees and grass around here. What do you want to see?
Day 10:
Have I mentioned I hate sleeping outside? Was afraid of snakes, but this place doesn't even seem to have insects of any sort, let alone animals. Kinda eerie.
Kam says we should start moving, I said: "To where?"
Good question. Where are we? I'm kinda scared, but being a stick figure, nothing can possibly harm me. Not even malnutrition, it's not like I can get any skinnier.
Picture: Same as above
Day 10 cont.:
This place is worse than I thought. There seems to be giant statues of dragons and other winged beasts lying around here. They're carved really nicely and realistically, but they feel too real. It's like they're actually alive but only sleeping..... This place feels like a cemetry.... Wai... Kam says this place is too freaky, and she wants to go home. So do I!
Picture: Are you crazy? I don't want pictures of these things, they freak me out as it is!
Day 10 cont. cont.:
Have come upon a black road, feels and looks like marble except it's black. And nothing falls on it. There's no weeds, or branches, or leaves on this road even though we're surrounded by forest and this place seems pretty empty. No bird calls either.
But this place is perfect for rollerblading. Weee~!
Pictures: "Long black road......"
Day 10 cont. cont. cont.:
Kam showed me this wierd black pillar on the side of the road, it has all these funky symbols carved all over it.... I wonder what it does?
We do interact with characters but some characters are more difficult to link up to where we want to go, so some worlds would not have any interaction. This is one of them.
Littlebottom is an actual charcter from Discworld, although this one in the mines was supposed to be her parent/grandparent.
I'd like you to use the gateways for WoT. I have an idea for it....
You're not very helpful about the worlds. Ah, Legolas is too over done, I guess we'll go with OC then? (Characters are a bugger..... hmmm.)
How about something red and autumny? With leaves?
~Kam
Howling at the moon on Friday, May 3, 2002 [09:35 p.m.]
I guess that means we're in Discworld now, going by the dwarf bread. Do we interact with actual characters from the books? Or did you just make that dwarf up... It's strange reading it from my own perspective since I didn't write it @_@. I have an idea for what to write for the WoT entry... Travel to the Tarisin palace ("observed strange claw and knife marks in Tylin's chamber..." hehe~~), get bungled in the Rahad and maybe catch a glimpse of some Seanchan... not enough time for the Borderlands, however interesting they are. Maybe Tear and Illian, but we'd need to get to Caemyln to use the Waygate (it's stuck in someones cellar I think)
Ha, I only wish WoT was there... the next book isn't going to be coming out till 2003 atleast.. although I do know the name of it (Crossroads of Twilight I think it was..). Can't remember the last time I went rollerblading. I think I'd probably fall over if I tried it now tho. It's up to you what the last world is, I don't really mind... Legolas and his fan-girls would be fun, but OC would be interesting too... especially since it hasn't really been done before, although chara designs would be hard since there aren't many descriptions.
Oh, working on a new wallpaper :). Been a while since I last did one. Turning out petty well too (might use it for next blog-layout. Was thinking of a winter-ish theme since it's getting kinda chilly~~)
~Kimi
Howling at the moon on Friday, May 3, 2002 [09:27 p.m.]
(Show and tell? what are we, genki pre-schoolers or something?) Haha! Yes, that was the idea.
I was going to leave the WoT section to you; i.e. leave Kelewan via contraption thingy and then you take over from there. Do what you want but don't make it too long. I was hoping each world gets about ten or so entries.
What about the last world? Obernewtyn or Middle Earth? I don't really draw ME people so none of them have any character designs. I guess I could think up some, but I don't really feel like it.
I have however re-designed our profiles, so we are more updated. Also designed Kamra and school bags, based heavily on our current ones, but simplified. We have rollerblades. Amazing, really, since I don't even know how to rollerblade.
Day 5:
Have said "good bye" to short little men. Funny though, I didn't see any females in that mine, but Kam tells me that there is no distinction between males and females for dwarves. Freaky.
King was dreadfully upset about us going, seemed fascinated by glasses and rollerblades, which I have hung on my bag, one can not rollerblade underground. Kam says we should head towards Ankh Morpork, and I asked her why. She mumbled something about finding our way to school from there, but I think she just wants to check out the sights.
Dwarves have given us journey bread, am very glad we will have something to eat on the way as I did not have breakfast this morning. Littlebottom said something about bandits, but Kam says we need not worry, we have dwarvish cooking with us. Littlebottom seemed to take this as a compliment.
I will never understand these creatures.
Pictures: "Lo, and Behold; Another Rock" "A Rock and a chunk of dwarf bread. Can't tell the difference? Neither can I."
Day 5 cont.:
I think I understand why Kam said we need not worry. I won't see those bandits again in a hurry. Atleast, not the one where Kam hit him in the ---- with a loaf. I swear it made a crack. But Kam showed me the bread afterwards and it didn't even have a dent! Amazing stuff, dwarf bread.
I don't think I'd eat it though.
Pictures: "Grass" "UFO, maybe" "Bandit running, er, limping away"
Day 6:
I hate sleeping outside.
But good news, we finally got to Ankh Morpork! I can't describe it, this city has too much personality. Kam said this city has everything, beggars, assassins (I wanna see one!), thieves (we'll be alright, Kam still has the dwarf bread) and wizards! She said there's even a talking dog somewhere!
Kam reckons we should check out the University first, but I wanna see the Assassins' Guild. Kam says there's a giant library in the Uni that contains every single book ever written, and will be written, and probably never be written. She says I can find the last book of WoT and Obernewtyn series there.
She always did know how to convince me.
Pictures: "AM from a distance" "This is me rollerblading on the river Ankh" "The Shades, I wanted to go in but Kam said I was an idiot and that I didn't want to die"
Day 6 cont.:
Have sneaked into University via the back door, the one the students use. There was a great big note outside saying no females allowed, but me and Kam aren't in the mood for revenge.
I don't know what Kam puts in her school bag, but she used the banana to bribe our way into the library. The Librarian only said "ook" when we walked past him, and I asked Kam what he wanted. Kam said she doesn't know but he's working on it. I wonder what that means.
Pictures: "A book. Times this by infinity and you'll get the UU library."
Day 8:
We're lost. I'm hungry. Not hungry enough to eat drawf bread. Yet. Oh why did I listen to Kam in the first place? I haven't seen a single cover of WoT but I have seen several copies of "101 Uses For A Dead Cat."
How odd.
Pictures: None, Kam says not to waste batteries on rows and rows of books. She can't hear them whispering apparently.
~Kam
Howling at the moon on Friday, May 3, 2002 [07:45 p.m.]
Lol, very funny~~ Nah, don't mind if it's from my perspective (Show and tell? what are we, genki pre-schoolers or something?)
Was pondering a bit about WoT... since you'll probably be working out how to get to these worlds, I'll outline the three ways to get to WoT to make it more.. um, authentic (actually I'm just bord and feel like ranting about portal stones and whatnot...). More useless ramblings;
Gateways: Completely flat doorways things that'll cut you neatly in two if you stand in one while it's opening or closing.. but you need a v powerful Aes Sedai to make one, unless we so happen upon one which has been conveniently opened for us. Will blow up half the countryside if you unravel it incorrectly~~ The good thing is they can pop up anywhere
Portal Stones: tall pillars set in the middle of a concentric ring of steps, they connect to other stones in alternate worlds. They need the Power to opperate, and the danger is they can take you anywhere unless you know the right symbol (anywhere as in a paralel world where the air is poisonous or something, or where the world is so insubstantial you'd just dissapear~~). Buggered if I remember where they are, but there's one on Dragonmount near Tar Valon, one near Tear, Tomon Head and the Waste
Way Gates: lead to the pitch-black Ways. Gates are found in all Steddings and most major cities (I think..). Useful things but you have to make sure Machin Shin doesn't eat your soul or something
I'm gonna have to think up what to do and take pictures of while we're there~~ Was thinking of using the Waygate at Caemyln... I always wanted to see it, and we can scale the wall and sneak into the palace @_@ (probably get chucked out roughly by the guards tho...)
~Kimi
Howling at the moon on Friday, May 3, 2002 [06:39 p.m.]
Excerpt for Current State of Mind: 2!
Adventures of the Krazi Kamra!
Kimi's Journal:
Day 1:
Kam got a new camera! She calls it her Krazi Kamra. It's a Polaroid. You press the button and whoosh, instant picture! Nifty!
Picture subtitles; "Kimi testing. Not so good at this, everything's blurred." "Kam's Thumb." "Close up" "Woa, too close"
Day 2:
Show and tell at school! Guess what Kam's taking?
Picture subtitles: "This one's wobby. Note to self; Do not take picture when rollerblading to school...."
Day 2 cont.:
Appear to have fallen down deep pothole while going to school. Sydney must be wierder than I thought. There's whole caves under the roads apparently. Tiny little men here with bushy beards and axes. Dwarves, they say. Seem quite shocked when me and Kam fell out of nowhere. Lucky, was not too badly injured as landed on a round chubby fellow named Littlebottom. I shall not comment.
Picture Subtitles: "Rock" "Another rock" "Littlebottom says this is a good example of a rock." "Interesting rocks" "Very dark in here, Kam worried about batteries running out."
Well, Kimi? Do you mind if the storyline's set in your perspective?
~Kam
Howling at the moon on Friday, May 3, 2002 [03:53 p.m.]
Procrastinating.
Ariel is a wuss. Dameon can see more than Elf. I have a headache and am really sleepy.
No significance, just mildly interesting. Doesn't Elf also have dark hair and green eyes?
~Kam
Howling at the moon on Thursday, May 2, 2002 [05:07 p.m.]
'sigh'... kitty is being a drooly pest. I wish you wouldn't wander around the computer desk so much~~ makes seeing and typing a bit hard, especially when your tail is in my face >_<
Thicker volumes do wonders for Carmody's writing~~ More room for the characters to stretch their feet *shoves kitty outta the way of the monitor* and soak up some much deprived development. You'll be happy to hear that book 4 is spent more at Obernewtyn, so those more home-bound characters get a bigger slice of the action. The twins get some good book-time as well
The Calor Lady incident was rather predictable, although I thought it took Elf rather a while to figure out it was Ariel. The moment he stepped on the deck he may as well have yelled it out to her (tsk, tsk.... Elf can be rather unobservantly slow sometimes, it's painful -_-;...). But you'll be disheartened to hear that Ariel only gets a good dose of dream-time in the next book... Hopefully when the 5th comes out he'll get some decent real life book-time
There's little in the way of heart-throbbing in the next one, although Elf does indulge in a bit of heartfelt moping and general worrying angstiness (given the circumstances it's not surprising tho..)
.... I fail to see the significance of Rushton having dark hair, but anyway... I'm gonna go grab some food and finish that book~~
~Kimi
Howling at the moon on Thursday, May 2, 2002 [03:32 p.m.]
That's odd, seeing as I didn't touch the review thingy afterwards. Ah, I don't remember what was there, so I'm just gonna make it up.
I need to do Science homework too.
I don't know if praying mantises sleep but I do know they eat privet, and the female eats the males after he has done his job. But seeing as I learnt this from a pack of kids in a Terry Pratchett (and Neil Gaiman) book, it may not be very reliable.
~Kam
Howling at the moon on Wednesday, May 1, 2002 [08:54 p.m.]
Hmm... I glanced over your last post and something is missing from when I last read it... in the passage about Freya.
Now I must find my scionce book and do some homework before pracrastination takes a strangehold on me ><. Gonna check if that mantis is awake yet too...
~Kimi
Howling at the moon on Wednesday, May 1, 2002 [08:24 p.m.]
... do preying mantis's sleep? I think this ones dozed off on my finger. Mmm, will write more meeningful response but I fear it's dinner time, and I have some scionce h-work.... I suppose you dont update the time when you make posts, since the time is disjointed~~
Ack, little green bugger woke up...
~Kimi
Howling at the moon on Wednesday, May 1, 2002 [07:32 p.m.]
Best do it while it's fresh....
Ashling
Once again, we travel with Elf as she goes on another Adventure of Self-Discovery and Fate Fullfillation. (*Pauses to wonder if that's a word*) Elf's faith has faded and correct me if I'm wrong, but she seems to have a worse case of Procrastination than Kimiko. It's been some years since The Farseekers, and Elf waits for the dream that should led her to her destiny. However, it seems that she's already started the journey.....
And if I talk anymore like some cheesy commercial, I'm going to be sick.
What can I say. After the absolute LACK of Ariel, I expected more than his filmsy haunting of Elf's dreams. Something more daring..... I'm starting to think that he's really not that scary after all.
A little bit of ranting here; if this was real life I'd understand Elf's over-reaction to Rushton's "hugging" of Freya, but instead I just find it tedious reading about Elf's feelings on him. She should have grabbed him before someone else could. She does not know the value of having someone still loving her even when she's away 24/7 and cold the rest of the time.
Cough, yes. The author still hasn't lost the habit of writing some plotlines that are too obvious to the reader, especially Ariel's apparence on The Calor Lady, and constant hich of having something stuff up their plans. Yes, point proven, no need to continue.
I'm totally happy with her characters in this one, maybe a bit of work on some minor people, (the twins, Hannay, Agina etc.) but nothing to worry about. Good development on Domick, and those other unexplored characters (because of them being at home all the time - slightly annoyed).
A good thing about series is that the author is able to expand further on the themes without using too much page space. Although I felt as if the author tried to sqeeze in themes at the last moment..... but no complaints here.
Still slightly rushed, but endings are always very difficult to write.
Score: 8/10 - Character Development both old and new. And it's thick!
Oh~ this is a long one... I found it irritating how the author introduced so many characters at once, that she didn't seem to be able to locate their background. Plah.
Heart-throb - Annoying
Angst - Mildly Annoying
The farming came from his title, "Farm overseer." For me, it just screams "Straw Hat!"
Gosh, he has dark hair too? My goodness.
Review is too long for me to read over, so excuse the spelling.
Oh damn! I'm sorry, I stuffed up the ****ed archieve..... Wai....
Praying Mantis - .........
~Kam
Howling at the moon on Wednesday, May 1, 2002 [06:43 p.m.]
o_O... I'm being set upon by a preying mantis.
I was trying to clean off the kitty droll when it started lashing out with it's arms and eating my finger... I guess that means it's not dead, having been inside kitty's mouth -_-;... Hmm, it's gone all silent now. Maybre conserving energy or something so it can fly off my hand ><
~Kimi
Howling at the moon on Wednesday, May 1, 2002 [07:17 p.m.]
Fuu~~ leave them to their hearthob-ish fancies... they're allowed to be whimsical and romantic every now and then.
I tend to read books if they have a good story, but leeching plays a part in it as well... I guess because it's hard to read a book when you don't have any feel for the characters. They may as well be a bunch of ants running around...
I never really imagined Rushton as the farmer type.... I thought it mentioned his hair colour in the 1st book? Hmm, maybe not... But anyway, his hair is black.
I await your usual book ramblings (unless you don't feel like doing another review) but I have some work to do so I might not finish the 4th book today~~
~Kimi
Howling at the moon on Wednesday, May 1, 2002 [06:32 p.m.]
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The Porcupines
Name: Kimiko.
Age: 15
Status: Refraining from kicking Kam's corpse
Likes: Things...
Dislikes: Work...
Website: [Sekishoku]
Name: Kamini.
Age: Ghostified.
Status: Dead and loving it!
Likes: Too many to list.
Dislikes: Taka, Taka, Tamahome and Taka.
Contact: [Kamini]
The Hunt
The Fireflies
The Night
Tribute to Nighteyes, loyal companion, learned advisor, loving wolf. Gosh, this sounds sappy.
The real reason: Kam sobbed her heart out after [SPOILER] And thus this was created.
Picture from Lonewolf, all characters belong to
Robin Hobb.
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