Mynx

Draaaaaaaaag*thud*draaaaaaaaag*thud*... Mynx's head bumped against the uneven ground, each thud bringing her reluctantly back into consciousness. Groaning, she opened her eyes, forgetting for a moment that she was blind and wondering why she couldn't see anything. Sighing softly as memories returned, the feline pricked her ears and sniffed the air, trying to figure out what the hell was happening and who was dragging her. Picking up the familiar scent of Wyvern, Mynx cleared her throat and spoke up. "Wyvern, what the frag are you doing?" "Bwah!" Wyvern let go of Mynx's tail and leapt away, arms raised in defence. Peering out from between his claws, the Almost Dragon let out a small sigh of relief when it seemed that Mynx was more interested in standing up and dusting herself off, muttering a small healing charm under her breath to heal the minor injuries she had incurred during her...trip. Feeling a little more herself, Mynx recast her magesight and turned to face Wyvern. "So, what were you doing?" Swallowing nervously, Wyvern began to stammer through the explanation he had given Degorram and Kikuyu. Mynx massaged her temple with a paw as she tried to make sense of the ramble, before enough of it broke through the slight headache to make sense. "Right," she interrupted Wyven. "Find Cerulean. Got it." Giving her head a final shake to clear it, Mynx nudged Wyvern to get him moving. "Lead on, McDuff," she muttered, partly to herself. Glancing behind at Mynx to make sure she wasn't holding anything weaponlike, Wyvern coughed to himself and began to lead the way. "Sssssorry," he eventually muttered. Mynx just sighed and shook her head, beginning to wonder why she'd even gotten up this morning.

Happy birthday Sweet!

*dies laughing* Brilliant

"What the...?" Mynx looked up at the warsqueak, ears flattened as she recognised the Almost-Dragon charging towards her. She hissed instinctively and grabbed Wyvern as he charged past her, intending to stop him before he completely destroyed her quarters. But it was to no avail. Stumbling into the feline, Wyvern was so focussed on his quarry that he kept going, dragging Mynx off her paws and sending the both of them crashing through the window and into Degorram. Coughing as the dust settled, Mynx was the first to haul herself out of the tangle. Turning to the ruined wall that completed her quarters, all the feline could see was the auras of some of her belongings scattered all around them, the only trace of the wall to her limited visibility was a jagged circle around what had used to be her window. Growling, Mynx stormed over to Wyvern and picked him up by the scruff of his neck. "What in all the nine hells do you think you were doing?!" she snarled. Wyvern coughed and began to stammer. "There was a ninja at your window! I was defending you from..." glancing over Mynx's shoulder, the Almost-Dragon finally recognised Degorram as she dusted the debri off her clothes. Swallowing, he turned his eyes back to Mynx and, forgetting her lack of sight, attempted a sheepish smile. "...oops?"

*goes crosseyed from reading word*

Mynx lay sprawled on the bed in her quarters and sighed wearily, ears semi flattened in boredom. Her blind eyes were turned to a pair of her kitten minions. Dancing and playing with each other on the floor, their auras created a haze of dancing colours akin to a fireworks display or light show. Since the accident with the runes, Mynx had slowly been developing her other senses to compensate for the loss of vision, but was growing restless with how long it was taking her. By normal standards she was progressing rapidly, already at a level of awareness most blind people would envy. But the perfectionist that was Mynx was far from happy. The biggest problem was finding willing targets to practice with. Cryptomancer had been more than happy to help the feline redevelop her fighting, but she had grown so used to his aura and fighting style that she was struggling to successfully make the step to fighting strangers or more than one apparation. And anything that had no aura was beyond the cat's reach at the moment, leaving her in somewhat of a foul mood about the matter. The best way to combat this, she eventually concluded, was to focus further on her - or the cat's - mortal senses. But with only the kitten minions willing to be stalked, Mynx was hitting the same problem as she had been with Cryptomancer. A sudden scuttling noise on the wall distracted Mynx from her darkening thoughts, the minions ceasing their gambolling in an instant as they turned to stare at the source of the noise. Ears pricked at the scuttling noises Mynx searched the wall for any hint of a foreign aura. Failing to find anything, she reached down a paw to the floor, picking up the first minion that came within reach. Lifting the kitten until it was about level with her head, Mynx muttered a chant and palced her paw on the minion's head. After a moment or two, Mynx was able to make out the wall of her quarters through the minion's sight. She hated channeling sight this way, but sometimes had no choice. Blinking (from habit more than anything) in surprise at the ninja crawling over her wall, Mynx pulled a sai from her belt and flung it without thinking. It hit the ninja square in the chest, imbedding it to the wall with a *snap*. Mynx grumbled to herself (she'd been aiming for the head), before breaking the sight spell with the minon and moving to retrieve her sai from the wall. The feline was surprised when all she found of the ninja was its outfit, pinned to the wall by her sai. Pulling the material loose as she pocketed the weapon, Mynx inspected the texture of the fabric with her paws, before sniffing it. There was the barest hint of a scent, enough to tell the cat that what she'd killed was obviously not human. As to what it was...well...that remained to be seen. Mynx smiled bitterly at the last thought. Another sound outside distracted her. More scuttling. It sounded like the Pen was infested with...whatever the ninja things really were. Seeing the opportunity to actually stalk something that wasn't trying to get caught, Mynx grinned to herself and slunk out of her quarters, ears and nose straining to pick up her newfound quarry.

Wow

Congratulations Sal! That's fantastic news *huggles happily*

Apologies for the delay but... HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!

Ever watched your boyfriend (at the time) completely soak his seat at the movies because he wanted to see what would happen if he dropped a lifesaver into a can of soda? Ever wondered why the hell you're with an idiot like him? Ever composed what you're going to say to someone when you dump them, going as far as getting the two other people in the car to proof read and edit your speech?

I loved this and I totally agree. Luckily, New Zealand only has a few of these demonic creatures, and only in the most touristy of tourist places so we don't really encounter them in every day life. But their number grow... *plots toilety destruction*

Happy happy birthday hun *huggles* Hope you had a good day *covers you in glitter and offers chocolate*

*chuckles* yeah well...not as much of one as I'd like to be...but I'm building my library Evil Dead 2 was actually more of a remake of Evil Dead. It never made sense to me the first time I watched it after I'd seen the first as I couldn't understand why Ash was willingly returning to the house and acting like he'd never been there before. I think Sam Raimi gave it the sequel title because it wasn't a remake by someone else. Evil Dead 2 is definitely a lot sillier, so I'll believe Campbell decided to make it so.If you ever want to see the third, it's called Army of Darkness sends Ash back in time and is so stupidly silly that it can only be classed as a comedy. My favorite scene's a toss up between Ash introducing his shotgun to the peasants as his "Boomstick", or the scene with the mini demon Ash's attacking the original Ash with dinner forks. Yes. Absolutely loved it. Never been a huge fan of Kubrick's work but he did a fantastic job with what is one of my favorite King novels. Plus I love Jack Nicholson when he's crazy Oh, and if you can get a copy of the original Exorcist, I suggest you do. There's not a lot different between the original and "The Version You've Never Seen," but for me it still holds a strong impact. Thinking of some of my older and weirder horror films, Herschell Gordon Lewis' "Blood Trilogy" is...an interesting set. The first movie, Blood Feast (1963), is dubbed as the first gore movie and I have to say, while the blood is a tad bright, there are some decent and still relatively realistic moments in it. The plot is terrible: some weird Egyptian man is hired to cater an authentic feast for a young girl's party - the feast was originally designed to resurrect some Egyptian goddess and involves our caterer 'shopping' for a lot of organs and body parts. As I said, terrible, but hilariously funny. Two Thousand Maniacs! (1964), is without a doubt the best of the three. Six unsuspecting yanks are lured into a small Deep South town (pop. 2000...hmm...) for a Centennial celebration. A celebration that involves torturing and killing the yanks as revenge. My personal favorite is the nail studded barrel roll. "The South's gonna rise again!" Color Me Blood Red (1965), is about a mediocre artist becoming a huge success after he starts adding human blood to his works. The story was ok, but for me it was the hardest one to get into...I blame the watercycles. These three aren't easy to come by, but having said that they're also not worth going out of your way to find. There was once a saying that you couldn't call yourself a horror fan until you'd seen Blood Feast, but to be honest, this film's reputation seems to have gotten ahead of itself.

I'm on a constant search for a film that actually scares me. Although Lost Highway didn't succeed in that, it is not something I should have watched at 2am... I need to watch more Lynch by the sounds of it, Wyv. Thanks for the heads up I have never been truly scared by a film I don't think...there are some that have scenes that bother me, but I've never been truly scared. Probably the closest was the first time I saw The Exorcist. Being raised a Catholic and somewhat young when I first saw this movie, it certainly left an imptrint. The Evil Dead has an interesting scene that involves a girl being gang raped by trees. I'm only mentioning that one cause I saw it last night during a Halloween get together I was throwing. Amusing watching everyone's expressions... Of the more twisted horror films I've seen, the ones that leave the strongest imprints are usually ones that have a sadder undertone. Blood is a depressingly sad film about a girl who was the victim of genetic engineering, leaving her blood with such narcotic qualities that she was locked away and 'milked' for an underground drug market. I Spit on Your Grave was difficult to watch because the first third of it is extensive rape. *realises I'm rambling a bit and coughs uncomfortably* Sorry. Horror movies make up 95% of my collection. I have to say that of my absolute favorite movies, my top two are Halloween, and Saw. The first because...well for me there are too many reasons. The second....well I find it hard to find a movie that even surprises me at the end. It kept me guessing and thrilled. Sorry Wyv, I've kinda taken the topic a little off Lynch. Although thanks to you I'm going to actively search him out now

Good luck Psimon. I hope your exams are more spread out than mine. I just had my first 3 in four days. Now I have two weeks before my last one, which is right at the end of the exam period Stupid UoA At least you only have one more year to go. I still have at least three (Partly my own fault as I keep adding/changing my degree) And another bright side to look at - wouldn't you rather have the exams now while our weather sucks than when it (hopefully) sorts itself out in time for Christmas? Best of luck to you once again *hugs*

Hee No probs. Have fun with her

I have too many weapons to save! *wails* Probably though, I'd go for my purse (with my cellphone inside), at least one set of my weapons - probably my sai since they're in a case already, although if I ever end up finding a particular dagger that'd take the prize - and a draw in my dresser that's full of photos and writings. It's small enough that I could just pull it out and scarper. The only other thing I'd agonize over taking is my laptop because that has all of my work up to date and, while I keep a usb key in my purse, I don't always remember to update it. Knowing me I'd try to grab it as a fourth item

The Devil Wears Prada Not usually being a major fan of "chick flicks" or romantic comedies, I would normally avoid a film like this, or at the very least wait until it came onto free TV. But this one was different, and I think the main reason being the fact that (over here in New Zealand at least) it wasn't over publicised to hell. I wasn't bombarded with trailers and reviews for an entertaining, feel good comedy, in fact the only thing I really knew about the film is that it starred Meryl Streep (an actress for whom I have huge respect) and the basic plot, which I read from the back of the book. And the only reason I picked up the book is because I liked the cover art. Shallow perhaps, but it worked this time, making this film that was based on Lauren Weisberger's novel a pleasant surprise. The story is textbook: a naive young girl comes to the big city (in this case, New York) and scores the job of a lifetime as assistant to the editor of one of the biggest magazines in fashion - only to find that the dream is more of a nightmare. Although a year at this job would open almost every door in the journalism world for our young heroine, the problem arises in keeping the job, and sacrificing almost every other aspect of her life in exchange. While there have been a number of films with similar themes (especially since Bridget Jones' Diary), this one just works fantastically. The humour is lighthearted and enjoyable - enough that the boyfriends who are "dragged" along will find some entertainment, if only from the pretty pretty girls. The pace is steady, and the story is well laid out with a simplicity that is rare in movies these days - not so simple that it made you feel patronised, but neither was it full of complexity that requires a fully alert mind to watch. The acting was top notch. Meryl Streep as Miranda "the Devil" Priestly was absolutely fantastic. Her quiet assertion of power was right on the spot - she never raised her voice beyond a calm tone and yet she gave me the shivers sometimes - and while I haven't read the book to know how the character was depicted in writing, I'm sure Streep did the character justice. Brrrr! Anne Hathaway was charming as our heroine Andy Sachs. The almost childlike naivety that scored her such roles as Mia in The Princess Diaries was visible here, but toned down into a much more mature - and yet still naive - role. Hathaway is growing up, and she was an endearing and charming asset to the film. There are so many more roles in the film that were also played brilliantly, especially that of Nigel and Emily, as well as the neglected friends, but I fear I've already written enough. I will say however that whoever casted this film did a bang on job. Even if they didn't match the book, they worked for the film. Overall, while the story may have been rather textbook, and the ending very hollywood, it was none the less an enjoyable ride that easily killed a couple of hours of my weekend. I left the theatre with a smile and no bad feelings, even though I would normally spend at least an hour afterwards yelling about such an ending. Maybe I was hypnotised by Streep's devil's stare. While it might not be to everyone's liking, I think there will be few who don't get at least some entertainment from it. I think I'm going to go read the book now. "That's all."

Heh. For the record Savage, it was nothing personal. I'd forgotten about your...bad luck with these games and was only trying to come up with a decent reason to vote As for another game. I'd love to play, but I'm starting finals in a week and considering I've spent the past two months missing classes, I don't think I have the time I'm afraid. So this is me stepping out for a while. Sorry guys I did have fun though, 'shela *hugs*

Carrie watched the entire interaction from the line leading to the bathroom, nervously worrying at the nail on her little finger as she watched Stealth being dragged from the room. Why would anyone put their contract in danger by doing such a thing? Vanessa had repeatedly lectured Carrie on the value of a contract, and how if (when, Vanessa would always say. When) she got a contract, she'd better not cause any trouble. If you lose one contract, you've lost them all. Carrie shook her head in confusion. It just didn't make sense. Stealth didn't look like he'd be stupid enough to put everything at such risk. Maybe he'd been set up? Or perhaps working with someone... She watched as Mr. Coolio walked to the bar and ordered a drink, a small line creasing her forehead as she wondered... Why was Stealth so desperate to talk to Mr. Coolio before he got arrested? OOC: Vote for Mr. Coolio/Savage Dragon

Ah, but while the press had a field day with the scandel, the enormous amounts of publicity led to my photo being recognised by my long lost twin, who managed to use it to track me down and reunite my previously broken family.

I wish I was a millionare!

Risk

Happy belated birthday Jon! *tacklehugs* Hope you had a good day, and many more to come

On behalf of Tanny I give you Carrie Dee's agent: Vanessa Lochmond. Female. 30s. She dresses terribly - she thinks she's cutting edge but really she's a disaster. She puts on a velvet sweet (yet annoying) tone of voice, but when she's annoyed starts to screech like a pig being murdered. Despite the name (and the accent she tries to adopt) she isn't Scottish. Carrie is her ideal 'prey' - Young and naive from a small town, with enough talent that she's not a total loss, but clueless as to her "rights". Vanessa filled Carrie and her family's head with a glitzy story of their daughter's potential, and as a result has the perfect weapon against Carrie when she tries to question her. "But lassie, don't you want to make your parents proud?"